Extracting the gz file using python ZIPFile [duplicate]

Question

I'm using Python 2.7. I have the following code

file = ZipFile("D:\\Project\\text.evt.gz")

Its giving the following error

**"BadZipfile: File is not a zip file"**

While trying to extract the file manually,i am getting the following error

**"Unexpected end of data"**

Is it possible to extract the evt file irrespective of this error in Python? Basically i want to extract the compressed evt file to a specific destination folder.

Answer 1

The file extension "gz" suggests this is a gzip file, which is distinct from a zip file. Try the gzip module.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import gzip
import sys


with gzip.open('/Some/file/somewhere.gz', 'rb') as f:
    file_content = f.read()

for i in file_content:
    print(chr(i),file=sys.stdout, end='')

Though it might make more sense to look into a system call to 7zip if you need this to be at all universal, and you don't have to manipulate the contents.